Roster
NorthwesternWildcats
Players
33
Rated recruits
4
12% of the roster
Average stars
2.50
Among rated players only
Transfers in
0
Matched by name to the portal
Offense
- —No recruiting profile foundQB13Mike Kafka6'3"2yr11 Pass yds0 TD0 Int66.7 Cmp%8 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundRB25Stephen Simmons5'8"1yr4 Car-3 Rush yds0 TD-0.8 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR81Kevin Frymire6'1"1yr1 Rec15 Rec yds0 TD15.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR12Andrew Brewer6'3"2yrcareer 1 Rec48 Rec yds0 TD48.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Kurt Mattes6'6" · 2951yr
Defense
- —No recruiting profile foundDE99Corey Wootton6'7" · 2802yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB45Kyle Petty6'0" · 2101yr
- 22-star recruitCB24Sherrick McManis6'1"2yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB28Justan Vaughn6'0"1yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS17Brad Phillips6'4"1yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS4Brendan Smith6'1"3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundP1Stefan Demos5'10"1yr54 Punts40.1 Avg2 In 20
- 33-star recruit?9Drake Dunsmore6'3"1yr
- 33-star recruit?89Josh Rooks6'6"1yr
- —No recruiting profile found?80Brendan Mitchell6'3"1yr
- —No recruiting profile found?44Mark Woodsum6'0"1yr
- 22-star recruit——Brandon Roberson—4yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Kim Thompson—4yr
- —No recruiting profile found——C.J. Bacher—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Deante Battle—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Omar Conteh—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Adam Kadela—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Ross Lane—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Reggie McPherson—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Eric Peterman—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Eddie Simpson—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Tyrell Sutton—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Amado Villarreal—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Rasheed Ward—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Jeff Yarbrough—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Tonjua Jones—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Malcolm Arrington—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Kyle Daley—1yr
Offensive linemen carry no statistics because none are published: CFBD reports no snaps, starts, sacks allowed, pressures or blocking grades. That group is ordered by position, then by recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster. That does not change once the season starts. Box scores list players who record a statistic and linemen almost never do — about one per team in a full season, usually a fumble recovery — so the line keeps this order while the rest of the roster reorders around who has played.
Most of this roster has no recruiting profile. CFBD's athlete links thin out going backwards — roughly two-thirds of a 2026 roster can be matched against about one in twenty of a 2004 one — so an em dash here usually means no profile was found rather than a player nobody rated. Hover a star to see which.